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Take 5
StartÂing 10 May, 2010, MAC will be releasÂing a series of five videos related to MarÂpol Annex 1. Each video is in a ‘TV News’ forÂmat which proÂvides an immeÂdiÂacy often missÂing from more traÂdiÂtional approaches and creÂates an effecÂtive learnÂing environment.
The objecÂtive of the videos is to bring home the benÂeÂfits of doing things right, and the seriÂous hazÂards of doing them wrong, the MarÂpol regÂuÂlaÂtions, the danÂgers of magic pipes, the need for OWS mainÂteÂnance, SOPEP and, of course, the critÂiÂcal need for oil record books to be accuÂrate, truthÂful and up-to-date.
The Take 5 Reports
The Case of the Unlucky Hooker
When Pasha Bulker dropped her nearly 7.5 tonnes anchor
off the coast of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia,
nobody expected that a disaster would make this
Unlucky Hooker a flawed local hero
Keywords: pilotage, BRM, language, grounding
The Case of the Confused Pilot
If you don’t talk to your pilot you could be heading for a bad turn
Keywords: pilotage, BRM, language, grounding
The Case of
An exhausted Captain; single watch-keeping; a warm, cozy bridge at night; the heavy traffic of the Kiel Canal, and pirated navigational software.
If you think that sounds like a recipe for disaster, you’d be absolutely right.
Keywords:Grounding, fatigue, stress, bridge watch alarm, pirate software
The Case of
She was built for the adventures of a lifetime in one of the
most survival-challenging, and vanishing environments on the planet with a reputation for the world’s worst weather. This adventure was the end of a lifetime among the icebergs for the Little Red Ship.
Keywords: Antarctic, ice navigation, capsize, hull breach,sinking
The Case of
the Errant Hookers
She’s powerful, unpredictable and pushy. If you don’t keep a firm hold it could mean a rocky relationship gets very deadly..
Keywords:
Foundering, heavy weather, anchoring.
The Case of
David lay on the jetty as they waited for the ambulance.
Underneath the fire blanket that covered him, 60 per cent of his body had suffered second degree burns. His left arm was fractured. His last words were “I can’t believe I have been caught like this”. He was a victim of the forgotten assassin.
And he was an expert.
Keywords: LNG Carrier, explosion, boiler
cleaning, confined space, fatality
The Case of
The Bow Mariner and three quarters of her crew met their end
because of mismanagement, ignorance, incompetence, intolerance and fraud.
Keywords: chemical tanker, explosion,
shipboard culture management.
The Case of
If you don’t look after your lifeboat, it won’t look
after you
Keywords:Fatality, lifeboat, corrosion, maintenance.
The Case of
the Toppling Tug – Bourbon Dolphin
There is always time for safety
Keywords: anchor handling, Bourbon
Dolphin, stability, communications, management.
The Case of
Bosun Jack was dead. His body lay under the worklights beside
a pool of blood. The instrument of his death was a short distance away. One thing is certain, his killer still hunts seafarers.
Keywords: anchor handling, Bourbon Dolphin, stability, communications, management.
The Case of
In one of London’s oldest churches is a ship’s
bell. The lessons of the British Trent are still relevant today.
Keywords: British Trent,tanker, Westerner
Winner, bulker, collision, navigation, fog
The Case of
She was big, she was fast, she could take a beating, but a
whipping shook her to pieces
Keywords:
MSC Napoli, grounding, structural failure,speed, heavy weather, management, containers.
The Case of
Compared to other launch systems, free-fall lifeboat
accidents are relatively rare. This one was just a drop in the ocean.
Keywords:
freefall lifeboat, launch, training, drills, signage, language.
The Case of
A cruise liner with 1,500 souls aboard, the most dangerous
waters around the US coast and a GPS that tell lies to the autopilot for 36 hours with nobody noticing. Guess what happens next.
Keywords:
grounding, lookout,equipment failure, bridge team management, watchkeeping
The Case Of
If you don’t look after your lifeboat, it won’t look
after you
Keywords:
fatality, davit launched lifeboat, corrosion, manual.
The Case Of
Ancient mariners feared the seductive call of the siren would
wreck their ships, this modern mariner was seduced by call of the SIM
Keywords:
grounding, single watchkeeping, texting, cellphone, mobile, bridge watch alarm
The Case Of
The last sound he heard, if he heard it, before the massive
explosion may have been the quiet pop of a light-bulb breaking.
Keywords:
fatality, explosion,solvent,paint,ventilation
The Case Of
When words are a burning issue, you’d better know how to
put out the flame
Keywords:
fire, iron fire, hydrogen fire, fire fighting, maintenance, discipline, communications, language,
The Case Of
You might not smell trouble but you might see it coming, even
if it wears a mask
Keywords:
fatality, aluminium phosphide, aluminum phosphate, fumigation, corrosion, accommodation, phosphine gas
The Case Of
A busy cruise liner in port, a safety management audit, a class society survey and a second bosun who doesn’t notice that his job
has changed.
The Silent Assassin goes to work. Again.
Keywords:
fatality, confined space, oxygen deficiency, ballast tank, SMS,
The Case Of
Van Gogh was a painter with the master’s touch, but this
Van Gogh had a touch of a very different kind. Lend an ear.
Keywords:
grounding, pilot, bridge team management, passage planning, language
The Case Of
The sea still holds many mysteries and some of them can sink
you, so watch your ZOCS
Keywords:
grounding, passage planning, CATZOCs, Category Zones of Confidence
